Missing Asylum Seeking Unaccompanied Children - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords am 3:08 pm ar 10 Gorffennaf 2023.

Danfonwch hysbysiad imi am ddadleuon fel hyn

Photo of Lord Scriven Lord Scriven Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol 3:08, 10 Gorffennaf 2023

My Lords, the judgment in the High Court in June of the Article 39 case shows that these children are indeed, as part of the Children Act, children in need, and covered by Sections 47 and 17 of the 1989 Act, and Section 11 of the 2004 Act. In light of that judgment, what changes are the Home Office going to make to ensure that local authorities can carry out their statutory duties, without hindrance, to those children who are placed in these hotels?